FLW EO OFFICE ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

FLW EO OFFICE 2 Overview F Define Asian-American Origins F Origins and Historical Perspective F Contemporary Issues F Social Structure F Values and backgrounds affecting F Military contributions

FLW EO OFFICE 3 Definition Definition DoD Directive , an Asian or Pacific Islander is a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands.

FLW EO OFFICE 4 Origins of the Asian-American Origins of the Asian-American F Chinese (1840s ) F Japanese ( ) F Filipino ( ) F Korean ( )

FLW EO OFFICE 5 Legislation Affecting Asian-Americans F Foreign Miner's Act –1852 California passed this legislation to tax all foreigners in mining F Naturalization Act –Passed in 1870, this Act forbade the entry of spouse s into the U.S. F Chinese Exclusion Act –Passed in 1882, This legislation precluded Chinese immigration

FLW EO OFFICE 6 Legislation Affecting Asian-Americans F Gentlemen’s Agreement –Japanese agreed to voluntarily restrict immigration F Cable Act –This stated that if your an American female and marry a foreign male, you lose citizenship F Alien Land Act –Prevented aliens from owning land in California

FLW EO OFFICE 7 Legislation Affecting Asian-Americans F Exclusionary Immigration Act –This excluded all Asian and put quotas on British, Germans, and others F Tiddings-McDuffie Act –Granted Common Wealth status to the Philippines giving them independence, therefore making them subject to quotas. F Walter-McCarren Act –In 1952 Asians could apply for naturalization

FLW EO OFFICE 8 World War II F Executive Order 9066 –Basically stated that all person of Japanese ancestry living in certain parts of the country were to be interned F Repeal Chinese Exclusion Act –The Chinese were our allies so a quota system was set up allowing 100 immigrant a year.

FLW EO OFFICE 9 Stereotypes F Myths F Facts F Reality

FLW EO OFFICE 10 Chinese Social Structure F Individual F Family (Clan) F Respect for Age F Strong Male Tradition F Filial Piety

FLW EO OFFICE 11 Japanese Social Structure F Patriarchal F Filial Piety F Male Oriented F Family Above Individual F Concept of “House”

FLW EO OFFICE 12 Korean Social Structure Korean Social Structure F Social Class Stratification F Filial Piety F Male Dominance F Concept of “CHIP” F Strong respect for elders and education

FLW EO OFFICE 13 Filipino Social Structure F Affected by outside influences F Less formal family relationships F Extended family F Male-Female relationships exist

FLW EO OFFICE 14 Chinese Language F Oldest and most widespread on Earth –gesture and tone important F Spoken language is mono-symbolic F Over 1000 dialects F One written language F Ideographs for words

FLW EO OFFICE 15 Japanese Language F Written language borrowed from China F Poly-symbolic and mutually intelligible F Express ideas versus words F Written language –Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana

FLW EO OFFICE 16 Korean Language F Written with Chinese characters F Grammar similar to Japanese F Different levels of speech F Dialects mutually intelligible

FLW EO OFFICE 17 Filipino Language F 300 different languages F Tagalong national language F No sounds for F, V, W, Z F Different dialects

FLW EO OFFICE 18 Chinese Religion F Non-Christian F Confucianism F Taoism F Buddhism F Chinese Christianity

FLW EO OFFICE 19 Japanese Religion F Buddhism F Shinto F Japanese Christianity

FLW EO OFFICE 20 Korean Religion F Taoism F Buddhism F Confucianism F Korean Christianity F Ch’ondo-Gyo

FLW EO OFFICE 21 Filipino Religion F Catholicism F Islamic

FLW EO OFFICE 22 Other Considerations F Chinese Concept of “Face” and visibility F Japanese generations change F Korean concept of “Kibun” F Filipino loyalty

FLW EO OFFICE 23 Values and Attitudes Affecting Asian-Americans Values and Attitudes Affecting Asian-Americans F Education F Economic Issues F U.S. Military

FLW EO OFFICE 24 Current Problems and Issues Current Problems and Issues F Family F Overcoming Stereotypes F Backlash due to “New Immigrants”

FLW EO OFFICE 25 Summary F Define Asian-American Origins F Origins and Historical Perspective F Contemporary Issues F Social Structure F Values and backgrounds affecting F Military contributions